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The D1 solar engine

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The D1 solar engine is the original nocturnal solar engine design. The design is simple, tuneable, but no longer terribly useful (I include it here just for purposes of education and folks` historical interest). This design has a number of weaknesses; courtesy of Wilf Rigter, here are a few:1. In order to turn on the FET the gate terminal needs at least +3V with respect to the source terminal and since the gate senses the difference between the solar cell voltage and the capacitor voltage it needed a relatively high charging voltage for t visit page.

1. In order to turn on the FET the gate terminal needs at least +3V with respect to the source terminal and since the gate senses the difference between the solar cell voltage and the capacitor voltage it needed a relatively high charging voltage for t http://library.solarbotics.net/circuits/se_noct_d1.html

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